RedHat: RHSA-2019-3843:01 Important: kernel security update
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IFU) (CVE-2018-12207)
* hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA) (CVE-2019-11135)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12207 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11135 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/ifu-page-mce https://access.redhat.com/solutions/tsx-asynchronousabort
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.96.3.el6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
Advanced Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1646768 - CVE-2018-12207 hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IPU)
1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)